RH: Tell me what Im getting into first before we make that decision, Theo. Thats all Ill say. RH: Who else has brought a guy in that lived it and did it, and said look, youre gonna be a part of it if you want to. Growing up, and honestly still to this day, a lot of times when Im hanging out with my friends its sitting around and drinking, and were smoking and telling stories. Im gonna see some real money. And, like you said, this could maybe open up a new genre of documentary. Street value at the time: anywhere from $16,000 to $20,000 per kilo, depending on which street. Someone in jail said, 'Hey man, that would make a great movie,'" Hyden said. I thought if I didnt take it, someone who might not go to the police would.. WebOwner:rodney j vander hyden Owner 2:SUSAN K VANDER HYDEN Tax Year:2018 Tax Amount:$3014.87 Sale Price:$81,300 View Address+Edit Neighbors View All William Bannach, 101Menasha, WI For years, Hyden and friends passed beers around a campfire, just off the beaten path in Archer. That was more than fifteen years ago. And the ICE agents who arrested him are still working in the Jacksonville area. Even to the beer drinkers, Julian had a way of making wine look good. After Rodneys arrest, the question of Julians culpability hung around unresolved. The News4Jax I-TEAM sat down with one of the Jacksonville ICE agents who cracked the case, before the documentary hits Netflix on Friday. Its latish, too late to go searching tonight, so Rodney and Andy grab dinner at the tiki bar and make plans to head out early tomorrow. TL: It all came down to how Rodney felt about it. by Wess Haubrich, Citizen Truth December 6, 2019, This and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.. Still from The Legend Of Cocaine Island. There is a God., Before they split up, Rodney hands Carlos the same Google map hed printed, but with a series of annotations to make it a little easier for Carloslines, arrows, Xs and Os. When I was a young kid, thats what my dad liked. One more. Howell, the close-knit neighborhood's resident hippie, had moved to the small island of Culebra off the coast of mainland Puerto Rico in 1986 to work in sea turtle preservation. Its such a good feeling to build their home for them and then hand them the keys at the end; you both hug each other and start crying. Hes got his arms crossed and a fat lip packed with Copenhagen, spitting into a Solo cup, sort of bouncing in his chair. Tom Ford. In Puerto Rico, Carlos is in touch with Rodney via text. Dug a hole out by the cistern at his house, and into the ground it went. If somebody else was in that position and came across this story, they might react in the same way. I expect the cautious Rodney of the previous day, but instead: Guess who I just got off the phone with. But it was just that: a fanstasy. "You did something that a dumbass would do, so be accountable for it. Over 20 years ago, a Florida man stumbled across a bale of cocaine while living on the island of Culebra near Puerto Rico. TL: Yeah. So we filmed it with cinema lenses and cinema cameras. (Perhaps thats the ponytails power of suggestion.) I mean, youre getting back to Indiana Jones or Treasure Island. Thats one of the most entertaining genres of storytelling. He steps through the sliding doors and out into the August heat, a pregnant three-dimensional heat. No sweat. A couple of days later, Carlos calls Rodney to let him know he and Grant got the coke back without incident. It's safe to say they're all excited to have their hard work highlighted for the world to see. Still, he admits: "It was fun. The fact that Grant, the pilot, wouldnt let him see his tail numbers. He made it as equal down the road to the truth as he could get. Hide was a Member of Parliament for ACT from 1996 until 2011, was ACT's leader between 2004 and 2011, and represented the Rodney says he wants to get down there within the next couple of months. If you need help with WJXTs or WCWJ's FCC public inspection file, call (904) 393-9801. Source: Netflix. One of the mans friends just couldnt get the strange tale out of his head. Which is no big deal if those ideas stay back here. A post shared by Raoni Barone (@raonibarone) on Apr 3, 2019 at 5:20pm PDT. Your key to the Caribbean. Hed grown close with those folks out in Archer and had decided to move there himself. TL: Well, Rodney is gonna be an actor. As Rodney and I make our way back to his truck, Julians mind seizes one last note. Even though hes in the Jacksonville area, not Gainesville, he says he needs to meet up with Danny first. It's a blatant provocation, wryly described in the documentary as "the American Dream.". In an effort to buy more time, he dragged the package up the beach, dug a depression near the rocks, and covered it with leaves and debris. TL: What were the challenges. Rodney, we should do it together. RH: [Laughs] Theres only one Let me tell you, man. The judge used a "safety valve" in the law to sentence the defendant to only 60 days in prison and 20 years probation, as well as mandatory community service for 20 hours a week for Habitat for Humanity for five years, per Daily Mail. The prosecution recommends forgoing the ten-year mandatory minimum, asking for thirty months, but Rosenblum argues that Rodneys skills as a general contractor will better serve the community outside prison. Rodney maintains relationships with many people -- family, friends, associates, & neighbors -- including Sarah Hayden, Melissa Suhoney, John Hayden, Delena Sage and Shandi Russell. Club. Update information for Rodney Hyden . But I think, as the judge pointed out in the sentencing, they had some culpability, too. TL: Yo. It was the sort of story that imbued the mind with possibility. But in the morning, Andy is too sick to leave the room. Prospects for new work are grim. Theo, one question I like to ask all filmmakers that I talk to, what movies and directors would you consider as the most prolific influences over you? Rodney, can you give me the condensed version of your story? I try to do that with everybody I interviewed to at least catch one more of theirs. He once resided at the gorgeous home in Van Nuys, California. In June, Rodney drives from a job in Crystal River to a Mexican restaurant on the south side of Jacksonville. The first time Rodney heard the story, a Friday in July 2004, he could tell by the way the others reacted, the way they oversold their delight at the laugh lines, that this was not the first time theyd heard it. He was affected by the 2007-2008 economic crisis, and decided to head to the island to find it. The film explores how exactly Hyden got himself into this situation and why. "It was mapped out perfectly," McEnany said. Because at the end of the day, its all about the money.. Of how all of this came to pass? WebAdd a bio, trivia, and more. Believe what you want. "It was interesting," McEnany told the I-TEAM. The two men catch a flight to San Juan, then a puddle jumper to Culebra. Or better yet, Danny says, Ill cut it and double the quantity. TL: Yeah, it did. Christmas Movies Hate Single People. Right, Rodney? As the afternoon of the hunt wears on, Rodney gets anxious. I make documentaries and that involves getting into real peoples lives. Well definitely be watching for it. You cant systematically republish all of our articles, nor frame the content of our site. But yeah, you could. Now gimme a second, Rodney says, I cant quite do it that quickly. It was one in the morning, but there was enough moonlight to find the bale and ease it up into the bed of his pickup. We cover A to Z, which mostly corroborates everything I already know from the court documents and wiretap transcripts, but I feel as if Rodney holds back a little, as if theres some door of his Ive failed to knock on. This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. We have taken it to a few film festivals, and audiences really enjoy it. Weight and local value: 220 pounds, nearly $10 millionAd hoc flotation devices: Four blue oil drums. Think of how long it would last him! Theyre all going to try to copy this man. Casa Maria has a life-size cardboard cutout of The Most Interesting Man in the World, an electric (broken) countdown clock to Cinco de Mayo, and margaritas available by the pitcher. From award-winning writing and photography to binge-ready videos to electric live events, GQ meets millions of modern men where they live, creating the moments that create conversations. After tiptoeing, for months, out to the edge of the diving board, he finally seems ready to leap. He packed up his wife and daughter and moved into a double wide trailer in Archer, Florida. Weve done a lot of favors, and so people owe us a lot of favors, Carlos says. "I'm a dreamer, but I'm not a greedy person. Rodneys not sure whether its drug withdrawal or food poisoning. (L-R) Rodney Hyden and Theo Love at a 2018 event for The Legend Of Cocaine Island. Credit Citizen Truth and provide a backlink to our website when republishing our work. I hope the audience has half as much fun that we had making this film. RH: I learned that you dont give a pig a biscuit because theyll follow you around all day. Weight and local value: 55 pounds, $2 millionCountry of origin: Well never know, one local authority concluded, unless a body washes up behind it.. In March, Danny drops by again. That was a gamble that paid brilliant dividends. Rodney, if you could do it over again, would you? Did I learn a lesson? Dont you dare quote me. Its a fun thing to think about. Shocked by his find, he buried the illegal Caribbean treasure in his yard and returned to the US, telling no one. If the trailer doesn't lure you in, the fact that's it's based on a real case where the main characters are from the Northeast Florida area just might. He approached it tentatively, as though it were an animal that might wake. Yet the story behind the arrest proved just as unbelievable. Hes 68 years old, Rodney says. He was more than $1 million in debt. They make plans for how Carlos will make his trip. According to Yelp, R. Hyden Construction Inc. is no longer operating. I find myself just going back over and over to their movies, and withCocaine Island, I watchedThe Big Lebowskiquite a few times. Rodney articulates his desire to travel to Puerto Rico to unearth the bale himselfhe feels he owes that to Julianand Rodney and Grant hash out the logistics of getting the coke off the island. Ive never seen it happen like that before. Whether his arrest meets the current working legal standard for entrapment is beside the pointhanding a treasure map to undercover police hardly seems equivalent to trafficking cocaine. TL: Thats the advantage of having the real live people play themselves in re-enactments. They split up, and he moved back to the States, eventually settling in an Airstream trailer on a big piece of land in northern Florida near a dozen new neighbors whod get together on the edge of Watermelon Pond and swap stories on Friday nights. Rodney has so many things about him that are unique. Rodneys down to two employees, including himself, and billing just $600,000 a year. When Danny leaned into the passenger window of Rodneys truck that morning, he said he knew a guy who could get the coke back to Florida and another guy who could sell it. I think the biggest thing was that tell me your question again. With the help of Deewho spends Cocaine Island behind a skull bandannaand Carlos, a supposed drug smuggler with his own airplane, Randy hunts down the buried cocaine. Rodney is ultimately charged with attempted possession, five-plus kilograms of cocainea ten-year mandatory minimum. Yo Rodney, you said that you were waiting for somebody from Hollywood to call you when I first called. When the real estate market collapsed in 2008, northern Florida was sucked into the fiercest whirlpool. They saw me in that first taped meeting in my office, smirking and sitting with my arms crossedthats just how I sit!but they took it as Mr. Cocky.. Hey, Dan? Inside according to Julian was roughly $2 million worth of cocaine. Im not about being a drug dealer. As for the small town of Archer, Love said the place felt like a different world while driving through areas to film. Rodney tells Carlos and Grant the whole story, emphasizing the supposed quality of the product. A post shared by Anti-wave Podcast (@antiwavepod) on Apr 10, 2019 at 11:23am PDT, Hyden decided that he was going to go and find that cocaine. Hyden trembles while flying to the island, stands in the middle of a Culebra field on an overcast day, searching for Julian's trailer. Grant is a pilot. TL: From my perspective as a filmmaker and as an avid Netflix documentary watcher, thats a huge compliment. Its an invasive species, Have you seen Maura Lockhart? But Southern fairy tales start off, 'Y'all aren't gonna believe this s***,'" the trailer begins. Bed Bath and Beyond Coupon 20% entire purchase, Target Circle: up to 50% off with Target promo code, Join Michael Kors KORSVIP and receive 10% Off your first purchase using Michael Kors Coupon Code, 2023 Cond Nast. McEnany and other investigators on the case are also in the film, even working side by side with the man they captured. Who Is Connor Cruise's Fianc? Weve been watching you for months, he told Rodney. It could be sent here from God, for all I know.. Hyden, for one, doesn't think the bag was ever dug up by the FBI. He almost certainly would never have pursued the Culebra cocaine if he hadnt been approached and persuaded by Danny Jimeneza confidential informant participating in a self-serving sting operation. RH: No, absolutely not. So much so that the plot caught director Theo Loves eye. Hes one of the most self aware people that I know. The News4JAX Morning Show team brings you breaking news from overnight -- local, national and international stories, as well as weather and traffic to start your day. Theo Love the mind behind the 2013 documentaryLittle Hope Was Arson, abouta series of 2010 church arsons in East Texas director ofCocaine Island, took a novel approach to telling this story. I found his number I think on his company website. Blame the elephants. I just cold-called the guy. But it could be coke, or something else. The original science fiction epic, written and directed by James Cameron, broke multiple b, Even for the cynics among us, the end of the year and the start of a new one tends to encourage a sense of optimism. At one point, for example, Love filmed Hyden typing and retyping the word "cocaine" until he got the spelling right. "It would've been worth about $1.1 million," McEnany said. Rodney agreed to act, and I fully pressed him for it, and I think it wasnt at the end of the day, Rodney, are you glad you did it? Wouldnt you describe him like that, Rodney? The Legend of Cocaine Island is streaming now on Netflix. TL: Yeah, weve become really good friends over the course of this. What will happen with this strange tale of desperation and the American dream? Except that over the years, it seems, water and sand and coral have calcified into a top layer as hard as concrete. [Julian is] probably wondering why its taken me so long to come back to him, but I just didnt want to commit to him or commit to you guys until I knew it was golden. The wealthy man had also spent his money on estates and mansions. Part of the reason Joe contacted me is that nobody in his office really believed him, McEnany says, smiling. He interrogates Rodney about his drug-running bona fides (lacking) and the referral from El Neg. In The Legend of Cocaine Island,Hyden says:"Julian was sitting on a gold mine; were talking about 32 kilograms of cocaine X marks the spot, treasure, treasure, treasure. So I called Rodney up one day and asked if he wanted to make a movie. But Danny keeps coming by the office, stoking the notion. The state was flooded with oxycodone dealersFloridas addiction to the drug was the worst in the nationand an Alachua County deputy sheriff named Joe Rawley told Danny that good information would be taken into consideration when his case was up for review. ", He also opened up about his time in prison in his 2015 interview with GQ. We pick up the story at this critical juncture. Hilary Elkins, 4. "I was just ticked off at doing this heavy duty activity. RH: Absolutely not. Blame the snap of the fire and the warmth of the wine. He started to think that he could rebuild his wealth if he could just find that cocaine. Unsure of what to do, Howell buried the bag. You got pretty upset with me when I got that fake cocaine in your eye. Rodney had been raised in Gainesville, worked summers at his fathers work sites, and enrolled in the building-construction program at the University of Florida, right there in town. Another interesting thing about it that I found really cool was the way that you did it almost as mythic storytelling. You got anything to tell me? Rodney asked for a lawyer. Since 1957, GQ has inspired men to look sharper and live smarter with its unparalleled coverage of style, culture, and beyond. And thats all there is. RH: There were times when we may have changed something a little bit because I felt like it was a little more close to accurate. At some point, the kid, Andy Culpeppera self-admitted functioning drug addict, in Rodneys words; not one, in Andyshad gotten wind of the cocaine story. Rodneys having a nice time now, isnt ready for this abrupt and unsentimental end. Spent $5,000. After putting in his hours at the bar one night, he built up enough courage to head back to the beach. Im pleased with it. Gandalf if Gandalf lived in Florida [Laughs]. Carlos seems ecstatic. Well, Julian says, its the same version Rodney told you, Im sure., But it cant be, because its not just the facts of the story, I start to say, its, He wants to know, Rodney says, getting my meaning just right, what the hell prompted me to go down there and do something dumb.. I didnt know exactly how Rodney was going to feel about it. Rodney doesnt know even a ballpark estimate of the market value. owner of a successful construction company. A million bucks in the ground, and all someones gotta do is grow a big enough pair to go and get it. Hyden had lost a lot of money during the global recession in 2007 and 2008 and felt he didn't really have anything to lose by trying to find it. Cause there are some crazy documentaries on Netflix. Getting seasick is , An anonymous donor paid for Bruce and Narcene Campbell to take an emergency medical flight back to the United States , Your email address will not be published. Yet, what makes the story different is thetale Rodney was told by his neighbor Julian. The stash of white gold would probably be worth around 2 million dollars, he said. Were not making a serious documentary.. It looks like you took a very theatrical route. And when you look at terms of the community servicetwenty hours a week for five years?its actually pretty harsh. I think of myself as an entertainer and a storyteller. No side effects, no drip and all that stuff. Source: Netflix. Rodney Hyden Talks The Legend Of Cocaine Island Movie, This story includes spoilers for Saint Omer. The earlyClint EastwoodItalian movies, and it brought back memories when we chose that scene to watch. Its just part of my life and what happened in my life. WebProject Executive: Rodney Hyden (Gainesville, FL) is directly responsible for our contracted service. But he cut some into a jelly jar he kept in the kitchen, the way you keep nutmeg around for the rare party that requires eggnog. Totally surreal. So for several hours each day for a decade, Julian walked the beaches of Culebra, looking for signs of turtles. Ad Choices. But I intentionally kept it to myself because I think in the back of my head I knew they would talk me out of it. A few years after hearing the story for the first time, Rodney Hyden moved onto his own forty-acre plot of land, out by Julians. Ill never hear from those guys again. But believe it or not, we talk quite often. And, in what he calls the hardest part of the entire shoot, he digs into the rock-hard soil. Ill never forget. A little later in the afternoon, at what people who are not Rodney and Julian might call the magic hour, the biting bugs swarm and the rain steams right back up off the ground and into the clouds. Where you would land. So, what advice would you give somebody who hears a crazy story like this and thinks about going after it? What if, Carlos suggests, we change the terms? Rodney, what was it that drew you in about the original fireside story that Julian told? ", Gutting IRS Will Help Wealthy Avoid More Taxes | Opinion, Eliminating Income Tax Means More Money for Americans | Opinion, 'Miami Showband Massacre' is a Shocking New Netflix Doc, 'Project Blue Book' True Story: The Real UFO Conspiracy. They were the other half of the coin that would make the movie. I send my people to look, and I sit back sipping tequila., Rodney finishes his drink and, basking in the stresslessness of the new plan, expresses both relief and gratitude. 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